MARY FIELD MONUMENT IN THE OLD CHURCHYARD 35 METRES SOUTH FROM CHURCH PORCH
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1307660
Date first listed: 19-Sep-1984
Statutory Address: MARY FIELD MONUMENT IN THE OLD CHURCHYARD 35 METRES SOUTH FROM CHURCH PORCH, WARE ROAD
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Location
Statutory Address: MARY FIELD MONUMENT IN THE OLD CHURCHYARD 35 METRES SOUTH FROM CHURCH PORCH, WARE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Hertfordshire
District: East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
Parish: Widford
National Grid Reference: TL 41290 15762
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History
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Details
TL 4115 WIDFORD WARE ROAD
(north side)
5/4 Mary Field Monument
in the old churchyard
- 35 metres S from
church porch
GV II
Monument. Circa 1792. Limestone. A tall memorial slab with
curved moulded top carved with palmette urns in low relief each
side. Well cut inscription 'To the Memory of Mrs Mary Field
(sic) who departed this Life July 31st 1792. Aged 79 Years'.
Below are the lines:
On the green hill top
Hard by the Houfe of Prayer a modeft roof
And not diftinguished from its neighbour town
Save by a flender-tapering length of fpire
The Grandame fleeps CHARLES LAMB.
Mary Field, grandmother of Charles Lamb and subject of the poem
'The Grandame', was housekeeper at Blakesware, which adjoins
Widford on the NW. Part of the churchyard group.
Listing NGR: TL4129015762
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 160046
Legacy System: LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing